MariaDB on Power: With this release of MariaDB we're introducing binary tarball builds created on a Power7 box running Red Hat 6. They're listed on the downloads page in the "OS/CPU" column as "Linux ppc64". We welcome your feedback on these new packages!

About the Author

Chris Calender is a Principal Support Engineer with MariaDB. Earlier he was a Principal Support Engineer at MySQL/Sun/Oracle. And before that, he worked as a MySQL DBA and developer for numerous Fortune 500 Companies, including Clear Channel, Western & Southern, and Cincinnati Bell. Chris has both Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Computer Science, from Miami University and the University of Cincinnati, respectively.